Are diet-oriented apps suitable?

Eat a balanced diet, practice physical activity, lose weight, etc. Are all these “apps” useful for the user, safe and justified in what they promise?

Exercising with new apps

Moving is the basis of weight loss. Still too many overweight people think they can lose their pounds by saving themselves. This cannot be so because the number of kilocalories absorbed remains, in obese people, much higher than that of kilocalories eliminated. Hence the importance of getting into the habit of gradually making some effort . It is the whole energy balance that needs to be rebalanced : the calories absorbed through meals must be able to be eliminated by the body.

And why not using new technologies? There are many applications that count the steps taken, the stairs climbed or even memorize the route taken for you in order to do better the next time. The time and distance being recorded, all that remains is to gently push your limits. Some applications also explain when you want to stay at home, how to work your abs or glutes, in a few well-explained basic principles.

Learn the basic rules

Because the education system plays its role less and less, a certain sloppiness has gradually crept in among the French population. At the same time, industrial groups have taken the opportunity to market products which, as we now know, are detrimental to health.

It’s time to rely on your own resources and abilities and, why not, to get help with everything that facilitates goodwill. Applications oriented towards healthy and ethical food are allies: how to eat and how much? What recipes to opt for during the summer? What does 100gr of wild salmon contain? What is my dietary profile ? etc Not to mention sharing information with other users! It remains, of course, logical that these little marvels of technology will not do the job for the obese person! You have to keep in mind that only motivation and a little endurance will reward these sustained efforts.

Also monitor its nutrient inputs

Certainly, the ideal is to be followed by a good nutritionist who will ensure a real qualitative and serious maintenance. However, mainly for lack of time, the apps option does a real service. A few keywords subtly typed on the internet such as ” diet apps ” or even ” diet apps ” will reveal a wide choice of these personalized aids.

This in no way replaces the human, warm and invested follow-up of a dietician, but it is, perhaps, a good start for more investment later on. In conclusion, those who wish to refine their silhouette thanks to the loss of a few kilos can use the applications which will ensure regular and daily monitoring. They make it possible to count the kilocalories, to obtain detailed information on the content of food in terms of vitamins, trace elements, proteins for obtaining a real hygiene of life with the promise that tomorrow will be better.

For the others, a real care is more than recommended because, we must not forget that obesity is a danger for the people who are the victims: it is not a problem of aesthetics. It is a disease in its own right which causes around 7 million people to suffer in France. According to the latest nationwide epidemiological survey (the ObEpi Roche 2012 survey), approximately 15% of people in France suffer from obesity .